A single careless COVID moment can knock a film production out of action for weeks, it already happened on the set of numerous films including Matt Reeves’ “The Batman” and the Olivia Wilde-directed film “Don’t Worry Darling”, both of which are now back in production.
Tom Cruise was caught yelling at the crew on a movie set in an audiotape leaked to the media. It happened on the London set of Mission: Impossible 7, and it does sound like Cruise had good reason to unload on that person.
London paper The Sun has posted audio — listen here — of the tirade, which was directed at the MI7 crew after Cruise noticed lapses in social distancing protocols that were put in place. In the audio, Cruise is heard telling the crew that if the behavior is repeated, those who are caught would be fired. Adding that the industry is hurting, with most of the industry shutting down, and that people are losing their homes as a result.
Cruise is right, most of the industry has been hurt bad, most productions have not been happening and overall sentiment of defeat has percolated within the industry. Cruise, also the film’s producer, helped develop protocols meant to get this latest “Mission: Impossible” installment through production that spanned from Italy to Norway and London. “